Get back, developers! Kingston has once again expanded its real estate portfolio to preserve even more land for recreational use only.
The City of Kingston and Scenic Hudson recently acquired a 70-acre open space property in the Rondout Uplands, spanning seven parcels in Kingston and the Town of Ulster. This forested area will greatly expand the city’s open space holdings but will remain closed temporarily “to ensure public safety.”
This acquisition supports Kingston’s Open Space Plan, adopted in 2020, aiming to keep land undeveloped, save for trails, improved accessibility, and other recreation-related adjustments.
Nearby, a 4.5-acre Rodney Street parcel with an abandoned home is undergoing a feasibility study for affordable housing, desperately needed amidst Kingston’s long-running housing crisis. The city led the entire nation in home price increases for 2024, with a dire near-zero housing vacancy rate.
Kingston and the Kingston Land Trust have also conserved 20 acres at Red Fox Ravine and reclassified surplus properties into green space, including 10.4 acres in Hudson Uplands, 12 acres in Twaalfskill Corridor, and 14.4 acres behind Hurley Avenue. With Rondout Uplands, the city has preserved 106.8 acres, achieving 100% of its 60-acre goal for the Rondout uplands and 67% of its 500-acre Hudson uplands target.
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